SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1988
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SCOUTING BENEFICIAL FOR INMATES
HAS YIELDED
THE INCLUSION OF SCOUTING IN TRAINING CENTRES PROMISING RESULTS, AND PROVED THAT SCOUT TRAINING HAS CONSTRUCTIVE ROSANNA TAM, SAID EFFECTS ON INMATES, A LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MRS TODAY (SATURDAY).
MRS TAM WAS SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY, HELD AT LAI KING TRAINING OF A TRAINING CENTRE SCOUT CENTRE, TO MARK THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY GROUP OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
SCOUTING ACTIVITIES WOULD HELP YOUNG INMATES CHARACTER, MRS TAM SAID.
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DEVELOP GOOD
"THE SCOUTING MOVEMENT PROVIDES MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR INMATES TO DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIALS AND TO CULTIVATE SELF-CONFIDENCE.
"THROUGH PARTICIPATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES, APPRECIATE THE MEANING OF HELPING OTHERS, SHF ADDED.
INMATES CAN
THE SCOUT GROUP, KNOWN AS THE 221ST HONG KONG UP BY THE DEPARTMENT IN 1986.
WAS GROUP,
SET
IT NOW HAS 105 MEMBERS; ALL OF THEM ARE BOYS FROM THE CAPE COLLINSON CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION AND THE LAI KING TRAINING CENTRE.
MEMBERS OF THE GROUP HAVE ALREADY ACHIEVED SUCCESS.
THE HONG
IN
THE GROUP LAST YEAR WON THE FOOTDRILL COMPETITION IN KONG ANNUAL SCOUT RALLY AND TWO MEMBERS WERE SELECTED TO TAKE PART THE 16TH WORLD JAMBOREE HELD IN AUSTRALIA IN DECEMBER.
THE INAUGURATION TODAY'S CEREMONY ALSO MARKED
OF THE ROVER SCOUT CREW. THE CREW WAS SET UP TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OVER 18 TO JOIN THE SCOUT MOVEMENT.
INMATES
THE UNIT NOW COMPRISES 15 INMATES FROM THE LAI KING
TRAINING
CENTRE.
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